[thelist] What is least expensive Mac to use as Web client QA box

[Stephen Rider]

On Jan 31, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Mark Marlow wrote:
> What is the least expensive Mac and OS configuration I can use as a QA
> machine for client side testing of Web applications.  The general
> requirements are:
>
> Needs to run latest versions of IE/NS/Safari/FireFox.
> Needs to connect to internet via an ethernet network.

I'll "third" the suggestion of a Mac Mini.

Get a KVM switch and you can use the exact same keyboard/monitor/mouse 
you already have hooked up to your primary computer.  The Mac is truly 
tiny and you'll hardly notice it's even there until you want to use it. 
:)

Starts at $500.  This is a fast G4 (not a G5) -- an excellent 
consumer-grade computer and perfectly capable of running as an Apache 
server for testing purposes, as well as the browsers you mentioned.

According to Apple's website, it is "now shipping".
<http://www.apple.com/macmini/>

Steve Rider
Disclaimer:  I own Apple stock.  Go buy lots of Macs!   ;-)